RM2.6 Billion Donation Not From Us – Saudi Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 – The RM2.6 billion donation allegedly received by former prime minister Najib Razak has nothing to do with the government of Saudi Arabia.

This was said by Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, who revealed that Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir said as much during the latter’s visit to Wisma Putra on October 26, 2018.

Touching on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd financial scandal and the alleged donation of RM2.6 billion, Saifuddin also said Adel had ensured that the Saudi government would cooperate in the investigations regarding the two issues.

In an interview back in 2016, Adel had backed Najib’s claims that almost US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) transferred into his account was a donation from the Saudi royal family.

Najib was cleared in January of the same year by former Malaysian attorney-general Apandi Ali, who said the cash was a gift from the royal family in Saudi Arabia.

However, in July this year after Najib’s Barisan Nasional government was defeated in the 14th general election, Adel told The New York Times (NYT) that he did not believe the funds were from the Saudi government.

“It was a private Saudi citizen, I believe, and the funds went to an investment in Malaysia,” he told NYT.

Najib is facing 38 counts of criminal breach of trust, money-laundering and misuse of power involving the RM2.6 billion, which prosecutors said, was not from the Saudi government, but from troubled state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). – Bernama, October 26, 2018.

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